Re: OT: Ptaking any hints? (was Re: Crayola Method)
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- Subject: Re: OT: Ptaking any hints? (was Re: Crayola Method)
- From: H* <H*@aol.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 22:03:35 -0700 (MST)
In a message dated 98-01-02 23:31:21 EST, you write:
<<
PLEASE. No choices. The old wish list is already reaching unmanageable
proportions. What about this here PTOLOMEE Jeff? Will it fit the color
description? I wouldn't mind a bit of Second Empire escape, either >>
If anyone still has this plant HIPS doesn't know it. Not showing up in the
current DataBank. No reason it shouldn't be kicking around somewhere waiting
to be adored, though. Sounds gawjus! Here's the bit from the Vilmorin 1938
catalog as reprinted in the HIPS Chronicle:
"Very large flowers, Standards dauphin blue, flaring falls purple violet
shaded toward the edges, styles pyrethrum yellow with dauphin blue center,
beard sunshine yellow, straight stems, strong and beautifully slender."
As plant pornography goes, this is not altogether to be despised. Of course,
another description says "dolphin" blue, so there it is in a nutshell.
Anner Whitehead, Richmond, VA
Henryanner@ol.com
